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ContextNews is an AI news aggregator and social news platform: RSS articles grouped into contexts (topics), multiple perspectives in one feed, and optional premium AI briefings.

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Story dates in this feed (RSS): 11 Aug 2026

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Lifestyle & Culture

Monica Bellucci Has ‘Never’ Done Anything Like ‘Ketticè’: ‘I Was on Set in My Pajamas with a Knife in My Hand and Slippers on My Feet’

Do you think Monica Bellucci has done it all? Think again. “I’ve never done anything like that,” she tells Variety about her role in “Ketticè.” Directed by Giovanni Tortorici, the film premiered at Locarno. “I was on set in my pajamas with a knife in my hand and slippers on my feet. This woman has abandoned her […]

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· Variety
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Business & Finance

Oil prices rise and gold hits two-month high after Trump makes new deal demands on Iran – business live

US president demands compensation for damage incurred by US, complicating standoff with Tehran Oil prices have see-sawed: Brent crude jumped more than 2% to just over $90 a barrel, but has now dipped 0.3% to $87.53 a barrel. It went higher earlier after a small cargo ship was attacked on Tuesday by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three crew members. While any…

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· The Guardian Business (US)
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World & Politics

Andy Burnham says he would preferably not want a ‘single prisoner’ released early - UK politics live

The prime minister says the prison early release scheme crisis shows he’s someone who had ‘never taken no for an answer’ In his pooled TV interview, Andy Burnham repeated the point he made in his Facebook post earlier (see 9.58am ), saying he was confident that more could be done to free up space in the prison system (which would allow the early release system to be changed so that PC Andrew…

Β· 2 MIN READ Β· The Guardian Politics
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World & Politics

Syria's former president Bashir al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia at trial

A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· CBC World
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World & Politics

Search under way for missing cruise passenger off Hong Kong mega bridge

Hong Kong authorities have launched a search in waters west of the city for a man believed to have fallen overboard from a sightseeing vessel travelling between Shekou and the Hong Kong–Macau–Zhuhai Bridge. The operator of the cruise, which had departed from Shekou in neighbouring Shenzhen for a sightseeing trip of the mega bridge, reported the incident at around 3pm on Tuesday after crew members…

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· South China Morning Post
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Lifestyle & Culture

Films Boutique Nabs Mani Haghighi’s ‘I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies’ Ahead of New York Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has acquired worldwide rights to Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi’s documentary “I Deserve a Lover Whose Every Rise Sets Fiery Dooms Raging Across the Skies,” which is set to premiere at the New York Film Festival. Set between Tabriz and Tehran in the weeks between the 12-Day War and the subsequent […]

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· Variety
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World & Politics

New Hong Kong trade office in Malaysia a bridge to Greater Bay Area: minister

Hong Kong has opened a new trade office in Malaysia, with a minister saying the move is part of a strategic push to deepen regional ties and will help position the city as a bridge between the country and the Greater Bay Area. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau Ying-wah said on Tuesday that the opening of the Economic and Trade Office (ETO) in Kuala Lumpur will…

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· South China Morning Post
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World & Politics

‘Extreme heat’ warning issued for parts of England on Thursday as temperatures could reach 38C – latest news

Met Office says this warning will likely cause ‘adverse’ health effects with travel and power generation also possibly affected The Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona Harvey , has written a useful explainer about the UK public services that are struggling in the extreme weather. You can read it in full here: There’s only one solution in the end to the drought now declared across most of England…

Β· 1 MIN READ Β· The Guardian World
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